Laundry-checking device



Sept. 26, 1927.,- 1,642,963

J. H. LYNCH LAUNDRY CHECKING DEVICE Filed Dec. 22. 1926 W I INVENTOR kfaizP/v hi LYNCH BY 63 ma s s Patented Sept. 2 1927- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH H. LYNCH, OF 'ASBUBY PARK, NEW JERSEY.

LAUNDRY CHECKING DEVICE.

Application filed December 22, 1926.- Serial No. 156,365. r

This invention relates to a checking device whereby individual packages of laundry may be-kept associated together in individual groups. v

5 The invention comprises individual group supports, each support having means for carrying individual identification checks or tags from which are suspended'articles of laundry, the checks and the supports-haviing individuallock and key characteristics whereby the checks of an one group will fit only the support to whic they appertain.

, An embodiment of the inventionis illustrated in. the accompanying drawing, in

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.Figure 1 is apers ective view of a laundry support and chec s applied thereto.

Figure 2 isa plan view of the same, and

Figure 3 is a cross-section on line 3-3 of w 20 Figure 2.

The support is made essentially of two angle pieces of metal shown at 1, that are held at a certain distance a art by cross pieces '2 in such a way as to' cave a slot 3 'between the lower edges of the angles. The

angles form a stiff guide or support intowhichroperly designed checks may be assemble Thefront cross piece 2 has an opening therethrough of a particular shape which corresponds in contour tothe upper part of-a check or tag 4 to which articles of clothing may be attached by means of safety pins 5. The checks 4: are designed to slide on the guides, 1 and have a restricted neck portion 6 adapted to fit slidingly in the'slot 3 between the opposing edges of the guides. In order to keep the check or tag from being-turned sidewise, in which case they might drop through the slot 3, they are provided with a thickened neck where they pass through the slot, or with a projection at this point as shown at 7 in Figure 2.

The supports 1 may have brackets 8 at the rear end suitable for attachment to a wall. It will be understood that there will be a number of such supports arranged along the wall,- each support being characterized by an individual orifice in the end-piece 2, and that for each support, there will be a number of checks or tags 4 having the same contour on their upper end and that all those tagsbelonging to one support will all carry seine number. Thus, the articles of laundry belongin to one customer will be grouped together y being identified by their identification checks or tags which tags will re mainwith the ieces of laundry in their passage through the washin and ironing processes andwill, when fina ly hung up on the holders, be necessarily kept in their proper groups. It will be seen that the angles make a'strong simple and cheap form of support and that the checkis of the required flatness to render it capable of passing through the laundering machines without injury either to itself or to the clothing. The guides may be formed of channel bars instead of angles or the may be joined by a web at the top, the only essential being that the slot shall be uniform in width/with the whole length of the holder and that there shall be in connection with the guide portion other portions at an angle thereto to insure proper rigidity: V

1. Ina system of identification tags for laundry, the combination of a support having two parallel guidin rails spaced apart to form a slot between t em, laundry checks having a constricted neck adapted .to slide between the guides and an end-piece secured to the guides h ing an opening therethrough, the contour of said opening being individual to a contour on the check.

2. In a system of identification tags for laundry, the combination of a support having two parallel guiding angles spaced apart to form a slot between them, laundry checks having a constricted neck adapted to slide between the guides and an end piece secured to the guides having an opening therethrough, the contour of said opening being individual to a contour on the check.

' 3. In a system of identification tags for F laundry, the combination of a support having two parallel guiding rails spaced apart to form a slot between them, laundry checks having a constricted neck adapted to slide tical axis. 1

JOSEPH H. LYNCH. 

